This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Correcting Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Correcting Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a misplaced modifier? A) Jumping high, the athlete's performance impressed the crowd. B) Covered in snow, I admired the mountains from my window. C) The kitten, playing with a ball of yarn, looked adorable. D) Lost in the forest, the path seemed impossible to find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kitten, playing with a ball of yarn, looked adorable. 2. Identify the sentence with a correctly placed modifier. A) Quickly running towards the gate, the ticket was dropped. B) Running quickly towards the gate, he dropped his ticket. C) The ticket, running quickly towards the gate, was dropped. D) He dropped his ticket, running quickly towards the gate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running quickly towards the gate, he dropped his ticket. 3. Choose the best way to correct this sentence:Covered with mushrooms and cheese, Morgan bit into the pizza. A) Morgan was covered with mushrooms and cheese as she bit into the pizza. B) Morgan bit into the pizza that was covered with mushrooms and cheese. C) The pizza was bitten by Morgan as she was covered with mushrooms and cheese. D) The sentence is correct as written. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morgan bit into the pizza that was covered with mushrooms and cheese. 4. Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "She almost drove her kids to school every day." A) She drove her kids to school almost every day. B) Almost she drove her kids to school every day. C) She drove almost her kids to school every day. D) She drove her almost kids to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She drove her kids to school almost every day. 5. Which sentence correctly avoids misplaced modifiers? A) The cat sat on the mat with a fluffy tail. B) With a fluffy tail, the cat sat on the mat. C) The cat with a fluffy tail sat on the mat. D) On the mat, the cat sat with a fluffy tail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat with a fluffy tail sat on the mat. 6. Raymond wore his one collared shirt to the job interview which was unfortunately stained with yellow mustard. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Sentence is correct as it is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 7. Correct the misplaced modifier: "Full of excitement, the gift was opened by the child." A) The child full of excitement opened the gift. B) Full of excitement, the child opened the gift. C) The gift, which was full of excitement, was opened by the child. D) The child was full of excitement and opened the gift.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full of excitement, the child opened the gift. 8. Identify the misplaced modifier in the sentence:'The boy saw a bird flying in the park with binoculars.' A) The boy. B) Saw a bird. C) Flying in the park. D) With binoculars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With binoculars. 9. Choose the sentence that correctly placed the modifiers. A) A man that was completely bald drove past in a Corvette. B) A man drove past in a Corvette that was completely bald. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A man that was completely bald drove past in a Corvette. 10. Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "She served cookies to the children on blue plates." A) She served. B) Cookies. C) To the children. D) On blue platesTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On blue platesTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. 11. True or False. The sentence contains a misplaced modifier. Hannah kept all her medicine in the medicine cabinet that had been prescribed to her. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Which sentence correctly relocates the misplaced modifier? Original: "She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates." A) She served on paper plates the sandwiches to the children. B) She served the children sandwiches on paper plates. C) On paper plates, she served sandwiches to the children. D) She served sandwiches on paper plates to the children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She served the children sandwiches on paper plates. 13. "The old patient was referred to the Chinese physician in Toronto with stomach pains." Which word should "with stomach pains" modify? A) Physician. B) Patient. C) Toronto. D) Pains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patient. 14. To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it next to the ..... it is supposed to modify. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 15. Rewrite the sentence to correct the modifier: "Running quickly, the finish line seemed to approach." A) Running quickly, he saw the finish line seemed to approach. B) The finish line seemed to approach as he was running quickly. C) He seemed to approach the finish line running quickly. D) The finish line, running quickly, seemed to approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The finish line seemed to approach as he was running quickly. 16. What is a dangling or misplaced modifier? A) A word that describes a noun clearly. B) A word that causes confusion about what it describes. C) A word that is always at the end of a sentence. D) A word that is used to connect two sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word that causes confusion about what it describes. 17. It is a word or phrase that, due to its placement, mistakenly refers to the wrong word. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Participles. C) Misplaced Modifier. D) Verbals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced Modifier. 18. Choose the sentence with the correctly placed modifier:'The man walked his dog wearing a hat.' A) Wearing a hat, the man walked his dog. B) The man wearing a hat walked his dog. C) The man walked his dog, wearing a hat. D) The man walked wearing a hat his dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man wearing a hat walked his dog. 19. Which sentence does not contain any modifiers errors? A) Jumping quickly, the frog landed in the pond. B) Running down the street, her hat flew off. C) The boy with the blue shirt is my brother. D) We ate the lunch that we brought slowly.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boy with the blue shirt is my brother. 20. Which sentence is an example of a corrected modifier? A) While jogging down the street, a car nearly hit me. B) Jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car. C) A car nearly hit me while jogging down the street. D) While jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car. 21. Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "She almost drove her kids to school every day." A) Almost. B) Drove. C) Her kids. D) To schoolTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Almost. 22. The shoes with the yellow stripes are expensive. A) Expensive. B) Shoes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoes. 23. A modifier is called "misplaced" when: A) It is placed too close to the word it modifies. B) It is placed too far away from the word it modifies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is placed too far away from the word it modifies. 24. While on vacation last December, Kyle encountered a coyote skiing in the mountains. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 25. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a modifier. A) While jogging down the street, a car nearly hit me. B) Jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car. C) A car nearly hit me jogging down the street. D) Jogging down the street, a car nearly hit me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jogging down the street, I was nearly hit by a car. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCorrecting Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 2Accept Vs. 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